Below is a transcript of the comments made by Civitas Senior Policy Analyst Bob Luebke to the LRC Common Core Study Committee on March 20, 2014.
Good morning to members of the General Assembly and guests. My name is Bob Luebke. I am a Senior Policy Analyst with Civitas Institute and our organization hosts a web site titled
StopCommonCoreNC. I appreciate the Committee’s invitation to come and share a few thoughts about Common Core. Today I’m speaking for the Civitas Institute as well as for the many parents, teachers, and concerned citizens who oppose Common Core Standards.
On June 2, 2010 the North Carolina State Board of Education adopted Common Core Standards. The standards emerged out of a national discussion over the decline in the value of a high school diploma and growing concern over America’s poor performance on international tests. Simply stated, the standards were put forth as a way to boost academic achievement, equip students with different skill sets and to aid businesses that needed metrics to make valid comparisons across states. We believe Common Core represents a flawed idea and there are strong reasons to oppose the standards.
Common Core’s one-size-fits-all controlled approach to education makes no sense for a country as vast and diverse as the United States. One of the strengths of American education is its diversity. Common Core’s template will work to eliminate that diversity and homogenize learning across schools and grades.
We believe Common Core will also work to further politicize education.
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